Anne Statt (married Anne Skovgaard) is a retired female

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player from

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, who later started for

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Career

Statt won the gold medal at the

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in women's doubles with Nora Perry. She represented

and won double

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in the team event and women's doubles, at the

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References

European resultsStatistics at badmintonengland.co.ukStatistics at badminton.dk
Living people Year of birth missing (living people) English female badminton players Danish female badminton players Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Badminton players at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games {{England-badminton-bio-stub